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Special Weather Statement, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

August 21, 2016Webb County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 21, 2016, 8:43 PM CDT for Webb County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 21, 2016, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
Expired: Aug 21, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX

County Webb County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 202 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 21, 6:43 PM CDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 6:43 PM CDT, 2 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 5:54 AM CDT, 14 hours 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
554 AM CDT SUN AUG 21 2016

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-221100-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O\CONNOR-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT
20 NM-WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO
60 NM-LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
554 AM CDT SUN AUG 21 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE
TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
TODAY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT
THIS TIME...BUT THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS TODAY EXCEPT
FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG GULF FACING
BEACHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
MONDAY...AND THEN AGAIN THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES
ON MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS AND
OBSERVERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN AND
FLOODING.

TB/CB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 22, 3:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Live Oak	3 days
Aug 22, 10:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Live Oak	4 days

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.